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Grave Mercy Contest

Ismae has been trained in the art of lying and she has mastered the art of killing. She’s on a mission from St. Mortain, the patron saint of Death, and honestly? She couldn’t care less whether or not she’s well liked. She killed her mother when she entered the world, and she’s been marked as a daughter of Death ever since.

Start reading Robin LaFevers’sGrave Mercy and you’ll be thrust into the world of 15th century Brittany, a place of religious fervor and surreptitious war. Ismae is sent to court, where she pretends to be a nobleman’s mistress. But all the while, she’s receiving orders from her abbess and looking for marks on her designated victims—marks depicting how they will die by her hand.

Your mission: write a story in no more than 1,200 words about a character who lies about who he or she is.

How-to enter:

1. Read the full rules.
2. Create an account on Figment.com.
3. Start a new writing of 1200 words or fewer.
4. Tag your writing with GraveMercyContest on the Details tab.
5. Press “Publish Now.”
6. You should receive a pop-up confirmation of your entry, and in about two hours or so, your piece should appear among the submissions.

You have until April 23, 11:59 p.m. ET to submit your entry. Voting will run until April 30 at 6:00 p.m. ET, at which point the 10 most-hearted entries will be judged by Robin LaFevers, the author of Grave Mercy. If you’re on the lookout for new fall 2012 books–you know, the kind that haven’t even hit shelves yet–this is a contest worth entering!

Am I allowed to reuse a story that I had entered in a previous contest? It did not win (though it was a finalist), and it has already been deleted from my account. If I am allowed to use the story for this contest, I will republish it.

When I edit a story for the gravemercycontest does the editing show up on the entry? because I noticed that I changed the description after I published my entry and it stayed the same. Thanks for your help?